,43a Chap. 6. AnExpoftiott upon ,theBookof JO B. . rYerk; reafon and underftanding, as if he had laid, (bowers of arrowes and troubles come fo thick upon rue, that they even darken my mind, and drink up the ftrength of my underftanding ; Hence I may fceme to fpeake diftrac`fedly,unadvifedly, weakly, ; I have not that fpirit to quicken, that ftrengthofreafon'tojudge, which formerly 1 had : the paines ofmy body, dffable and dittemper my mind; And therefore if I have fpoken any thing below what I ought, it is, becaufe I am caft below what I was. The terreurs ofGod dofet themfelves in arrayagainf me. Arrowesand terrors,are the fame thing,in a different cloathing of words: Or the arrow is the aiili'ion it falfe, and the terrour is the etfefa or confequentbfit. The word here ufed for Terreur, r11`7ht,ï°I1j17 notes the molt terrible terrour and affrightment. Terreur is the extreame offear, or fear confufed, into amazement and alto.: nifhment : Death is therefore called the Kingof terrours, becaufe there arc fo manypowerful terrours in death, Pfal. 55. 4. That vexation which Saul felt, when God font out an evil fpirit with commitlion to vex him, is expreft by this word, 1 Sam. 16. 14, An evil fpirit from she Lord, troubled, or terrified him ; Such terrours,for the matter, Inch for the manner & prefent workings of them,feized upon upright-hearted job, and falfe-hearted Saul. A beleiver, a child of God, an heire of Heaven, may feel himfelf haunted and peirced with hellifh terrours. Thefe are called the Terreurs ofGod, eyther firft, by a common Hebraifine; becaufe great, and ftrangeterrours. In that language, Gad is often put as an Epithite, to thew exceeding greatnefs, him- felfe being the greaten. So Chap. T. ver. 16. Fire of God, &c. Secondly, Terreurs ofGod, becaufe he Pent and commanded that Army ofTerrours. When Jacob journeyed with his little Army, Gen. 35. 5. It is Paid, The terreur of God was upon the Cities round about, and theypurficed themnot ; that is, the Lord fent an Armyofterrours tooppofe the Cities, lean they fhould arme a- gainft Jacob. The terrour ofman is very terrible, and therefore the Apontearmes the Saints againft it, r Pet. 3. 14. Be not afraid of theirterrour.The terrour ofGod is infinitely greater;and there- upon theApoftle argues 2 Cor. 5. a a. Knowing tberefore the ter- ronr of the Lord, we perfwadmen. Thofe terroursofGod, may be taken two wayes:Either altive. 1y, vi n.iff"rvely : tldively, for that work ofGod, in terrifyingand troubling.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=